6,483 Quotes About Purpose
- Author Henry David Thoreau
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Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured and far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak.
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- Author Tacitus
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Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
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- Author William Irwin Thompson
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The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and chaos.
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- Author Morihei Ueshiba
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To rid the world of aggression and contention is the purpose of Aikido
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What on earth are you doing for Heaven's sake?
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Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.
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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?
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If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything.
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He who clings to life shall lose it -- but losing it in a right cause will gain it.
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